Person:Abijah Houghton (1)

Name	Abijah Houghton
Alt Name^[2]	Elijah Houghton
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	9 May 1745	Union, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	17 Oct 1770	Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United Statesto Rebecca Adams (add)
Death^[2]	3 Jul 1828	possibly Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United StatesNote: No primary record found.

References

↑ "Pomfret Vital Records", in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
p. 107.

HOUGHTON, Abijah, s. Edward & Abigail, b. May 9, 1745, at Union. [ 1 49 ]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Houghton, John Wesley. The Houghton Genealogy: The Descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts with an Introduction giving the Houghton Families in England from the time of William the Conqueror, 1065, to Lord Henry Bold Houghton, 1848. (New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, © 1912)
p. 100, 110.

Abijah Houghton [#100], s/o , b. "5, 20, 1745", d. "3, 7, 1828", m. [first child b. 1769] Rebecca Adams. "Name later changed to Elijah".
[Note: there is a marriage record for "Elijah Holton of Killingly" in 1770 to Rebecca Adams, while the birth of "Alpheus Holton" to Elijah and Rebecca is in 1769, per Woodstock Records. This appears to be Elijah Houghton as Alpheus ends up in Lyndon, VT, with Elijah. However, regarding the dates, Source:Bowen, Clarence Winthrop. History of Woodstock, Connecticut, Vol. 7, p. 102, says the records are "undoubtedly in error", though an alternative explanation could be that there were two wives both named Rebecca. ??]